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When you visit the office of Frank Krejci, President and CEO of Milwaukee-based Strattec Security Corp., the first thing you’re likely to notice is that he has two stand-up desks. “I don’t like to be in one place long,” Krejci says with a chuckle. Today, stand-up desks are considered to...

Some say that containers are the future of cloud computing, so it only makes sense to embrace a leading container orchestration solution like Kubernetes. However, adopting Kubernetes is most certainly easier said than done. The technology itself is highly complex, and many acknowledge that using it can be quite challenging....

How is that feeling when you look elegant? When you are among your friends, you should be able to understand that accessorizing implies a way of spicing up your outfits by merging smaller pieces of jewelry and shoes into your appearance. When it comes to luxury fashion, they are selected...

I’m excited about the future of energy. Granted, unknowns abound, and ambiguity persists. It’s also fair to say the energy sector faces greater complexity than at any other time in recent memory. Even so, there’s a new year just around the corner, and I’m optimistic about what that means for...

These are unprecedented times. Changes in working conditions, legislations and “flexible working” are on an entirely new level. How we operate and must lead today, is like nothing we’ve experienced before. COVID has turned whatever plan we might have had completely on its head and now suddenly companies are making...

Dr. Tracy Timberlake grew up in a middle-class family and took the "normal" college to corporate path. After a few detours, she found her way to the higher education realm, where she realized she didn't want the same things others wanted. She had been 'the good' student and 'the good...

Though Q4 is often synonymous with lower sales and revenue prospects, it’s still a crucial time for setting up the business for success in the new year. While year-end business is slower, take some time to tune up your customer loyalty efforts. The fourth quarter is infamous for slow sales and decreased...

One can only imagine a world without charity. My country, India, went through its worst nightmares in April when it was hit by the most horrifying account of the COVID-19 second wave. The landscape was marred by a lack of basic medical amenities as a result of which people had...

Right now, leaders across the globe are trying to figure out their strategy. A pandemic-scarred world that isn’t quite post-pandemic makes this extremely difficult. The landscape is volatile. Solutions seem to demand a complexity equal to the complexity of the environment. And the clues to what tomorrow will bring are...

Leadership constantly changes. It doesn’t stand still. You can’t define it in 2021 and expect it to be the same in 2022. Global and local events, as well as organisational shifts, require leaders to continually look at their behavioural responses. And of course, the pandemic is no different. In times...